What are flowers?
What function do flowers perform for the plant?
They're the organ of reproduction in a plant
Male reproductive organ in a flower
stamen
Top part of the pistil that is sticky
stigma
Undeveloped plant or animal
embryo
To grow from a seed to an embryo plant
germinate
What is the special kind of leaf that protects the flower bud?
sepal
stalk of the stamen
filament
Stalk of the pistil
style
Mature ovary and it's seeds
fruit
Outside covering of a seed
seed coat
What is the brightly colored structure above the sepal?
petal
Part of the stamen that produces pollen
anther
Bottom part of the pistil
ovary
How do scientists classify fruit?
It has seeds
Mark on the seed coat where the seed was attached to the ovary?
hilum
Female reproductive organ in a flower
pistil
Male reproductive cell of a plant
pollen grain
Part of the ovary that develops into a seed after fertilization
ovule
What is the purpose of fruit?
It protects the seeds
What word means the transportation of the seed away from the parent plant?
Seed dispersal
Movement of pollen from a stamen to a pistil
pollination
Joining of the nuclei of the male and female reproductive cells
fertilization
What occurs when pollen from one flower is carried to the pistil of another flower on the same plant?
Self-Pollination
What is the difference between a perfect and an imperfect flower?
A perfect flower has both male and female reproductive organs. An imperfect flower has either a pistil or a stamen.
What are 4 ways seeds are dispersed?
wind, water, animals and humans